diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index fd0c9f913940acf3675cae278465b70ec76c4a87..9644f6e5bf15b8ccc89b75be04ea7bc5f184a909 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	size_t len = iov_iter_count(from);
 	ssize_t ret = len;
 
-	if (!user || len > PRINTKRB_RECORD_MAX)
+	if (len > PRINTKRB_RECORD_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Ignore when user logging is disabled. */
@@ -792,9 +792,6 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	};
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	if (!user)
-		return -EBADF;
-
 	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&user->lock);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -859,8 +856,6 @@ static loff_t devkmsg_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 	struct devkmsg_user *user = file->private_data;
 	loff_t ret = 0;
 
-	if (!user)
-		return -EBADF;
 	if (offset)
 		return -ESPIPE;
 
@@ -893,9 +888,6 @@ static __poll_t devkmsg_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 	struct printk_info info;
 	__poll_t ret = 0;
 
-	if (!user)
-		return EPOLLERR|EPOLLNVAL;
-
 	poll_wait(file, &log_wait, wait);
 
 	if (prb_read_valid_info(prb, atomic64_read(&user->seq), &info, NULL)) {
@@ -944,9 +936,6 @@ static int devkmsg_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct devkmsg_user *user = file->private_data;
 
-	if (!user)
-		return 0;
-
 	ratelimit_state_exit(&user->rs);
 
 	mutex_destroy(&user->lock);